Caulanthus coulteri

Caulanthus coulteri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Caulanthus
Species: C. coulteri
Binomial name
Caulanthus coulteri

Caulanthus coulteri is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family known by the common name Coulter's wild cabbage.

It is endemic to California, where it is a widespread member of the flora in several dry, open habitat types, such as chaparral and Mojave Desert.[1]

Description

Caulanthus coulteri is a 100–1,600 millimetres (4–63 in) tall annual herb producing a slender, branching stem lined with generally lance-shaped leaves which may be smooth to sharply sawtoothed along the edges.[2]

The widely spaced flowers are somewhat bullet-shaped with coats of pouched sepals which are bright to deep purple when new and fade to yellow-green. The sepals open to reveal dark-veined petal tips with wavy margins.

The fruit is a long, thin silique which may approach 13 centimeters in length.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Sullivan, Steven. K. (2018). "Caulanthus coulteri". Wildflower Search. Retrieved 2018-07-06.
  2. ↑ "Caulanthus coulteri". in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora. Jepson Herbarium; University of California, Berkeley. 2018. Retrieved 2018-07-06.


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